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A company which supplied defective wall panels which cracked after installation has been ordered to pay more than $84,000 in damages to a Northland couple.

Randolph Urlich and his wife Karen planned to build their dream home on Tokerau Beach Rd on Karikari Peninsula in 2015 and were sold a new wall panel system, K3T, by Auckland-based Global Fibre8 (GF8) and designed plans and specifications for its installation.

In a High Court judgement, obtained by the Northern Advocate, it was revealed GF8 director Tangi Tuake told the couple K3T was a tested and approved building material in New Zealand but it was not.

They agreed to the purchase, Far North District Council granted a building consent, and the Urlichs engaged Stephen Barclay and SMB Builders to build the house in May 2016.